Sunrise Announces Release Date For Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2004 Financial Results

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. , will host a conference call on Thursday, February 24, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. EST to discuss the Company’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 financial results. Paul Klaassen, chairman and chief executive officer; Thomas Newell, president and Larry Hulse, chief financial officer, will host the call.

The call-in number for the conference call is (719) 457-2666 (no password required). Those interested may also go to the Investor Relations section of the Company’s Web site (http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/) to listen to the earnings call. Those unable to participate in the live call may hear a rebroadcast by dialing (719) 457-0820 (pass code: 7807546). The rebroadcast will be available through March 3, 2005. In addition, a recording of the call will be available on Sunrise’s Web site. The news release announcing fourth- quarter and full-year 2004 financial results is scheduled for release to news services on the morning of Thursday, February 24, 2005.

Sunrise Senior Living is the nation’s largest provider of senior living services. The McLean, Va.-based Company employs more than 35,000 people. As of December 31, 2004, Sunrise operates 381 communities that are open in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada with a combined capacity for approximately 43,000 residents. Sunrise also has 32 communities under construction in these countries as well as in Germany, with a combined capacity for approximately 2,900 additional residents. Sunrise offers a full range of personalized senior living services, including independent living, assisted living, care for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss, as well as home care, nursing and rehabilitative care. Sunrise’s senior living services are delivered by staff trained to encourage the independence, preserve the dignity, enable freedom of choice and protect the privacy of residents. To learn more about Sunrise please visit http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/.

Certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Sunrise believes the expectations reflected in such forward- looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurances that its expectations will be realized. Sunrise’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, its ability to successfully complete The Fountains transaction and integrate it into the Company’s operations, development and construction risks, acquisition risks, licensing risks, business conditions, competition, changes in interest rates, market factors that could affect the value of the Company’s properties, the risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, satisfaction of closing conditions and availability of financing for development and acquisitions. These and other risks are detailed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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CONTACT: Dave Spille, Vice President, Investor Relations and CapitalMarkets, of Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., +1-703-744-1787